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mcbroken

mcbroken

Is the McDonald's ice cream machine broken?

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Is the McDonald's ice cream machine broken?

11 followers

2020 Golden Kitty Awards
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I reverse engineered mcdonald's internal ordering api and I'm currently placing an order for a mc sundae every minute at every mcdonald's location in the US to figure out which ones have a broken ice cream machine
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Lmao so this actually works - I spent an evening biking around every mcdonald's location in berlin and each time the status of the machine matched up with the result i got back from the api
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5yr ago
Sean Byrnes
Sean Byrnes
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@rashiq That is actually really impressive from the McDonald's infrastructure team. I wonder how they make sure the API is accurate...
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5yr ago
Andreas Ehn
Andreas Ehn
@rashiq So, evidently, it works outside of the US. Would you consider adding worldwide locations to the map?
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5yr ago
Andy Berman
Andy Berman

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@rashiq I laughed so hard from this!
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5yr ago
Jairo Murillo
Jairo Murillo
@rashiq @ehn I would love to see results in Costa Rica's McDonald's. We have over 52 restaurants.
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5yr ago
Benny Chains
Benny Chains
@rashiq Hello. On mcbroken.com, my local McDonald's location says the "Status could not be determined". Is there a way to let you know through mcbroken.com, if the ice cream machine at my local McDonald's location, is working or not? Based on what those McDonald's employees tell me, of course.
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4yr ago
Rogério Moreira
Rogério Moreira
Would love to read more about the story behind this @rashiq
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5yr ago
Janet Anne
Janet Anne
i logged into product hunt simply to upvote this and tell you how much this made my day @rashiq
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5yr ago
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